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A building collapse in Delhi's Satya Niketan resulted in the deaths of seven people, leading to the suspension of five Municipal Corporation of Delhi officials. Following the incident, a magisterial inquiry was initiated, a police FIR was registered, and three people—including the building owner, his wife, and son—were detained. Student organisations, including AISA, SFS, ABVP, and NSUI, organised protests and candle marches ahead of the DUSU elections, demanding administrative accountability for student safety and highlighting civic negligence across student accommodation hubs.

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00:00Do keep in mind, suspension is no legal action.
00:05Legal action would entail registration of the first information report
00:09and then evidence-based prosecution.
00:12Because speak to the parents of those who've lost their loved ones.
00:16Take for example Akshat Yadav from Katni, Madhya Pradesh,
00:20a second-year B.com student at PGDAV College.
00:23Or Pavannath, a first-year B.Sc. student at Motilal College
00:26from Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh.
00:28Or Abhishek Kumar, again a student of Motilal College,
00:32a native of Varansi in Uttar Pradesh.
00:34Or Arpit, 18 years, all of 18 years.
00:38And Yuvraj, he's been identified by his friends.
00:42His family has yet to reach for his positive identification.
00:46They were all sent here in hope of a bright future.
00:51They left their homes, they left their villages, they left their towns.
00:54They came to Delhi, living in these very dingy homes,
00:58hoping they would have a bright future.
01:01But death was lurking around the corner.
01:04And I quickly want to cut across to Anmol Bali,
01:08my colleague who joins me for more on this story.
01:11And right now, the situation, Anmol, is so bad
01:15that there are apprehensions.
01:17There could be other unsafe buildings like this.
01:20If it was authorized to have two or three floors,
01:23how did this building have more floors
01:25without the administration knowing anything about it?
01:29And yet, they were digging up the basement,
01:31apparently, to create more room.
01:38Gaurav, currently, I am here at the Satya Niketan,
01:41which became the epicenter.
01:42After we have seen that a building collapse,
01:44which resulted in the death of seven people,
01:47and five officials of the MCD
01:49have been now suspended by the Delhi government.
01:52We have seen action by Delhi CM Rekha Gupta,
01:54where they have launched a magistral inquiry into this matter.
01:56Delhi police has filed an FIR.
01:58Three people have been detained by Delhi police,
01:59the owner of the building, his wife and his son.
02:01But on the other hand, I'll also show you
02:03the visual of this place,
02:04which is a student-oriented, student-centric place,
02:07where thousands of students,
02:08those who study in the south campus of the Delhi University,
02:10they study here, they stay here,
02:12they pay thousands of rupees per bed,
02:14means around 10,000 to 15,000 to 20,000,
02:17depending on the accommodation.
02:18But at the end, what they get?
02:20Death, bad food, and even civic apathy.
02:24So currently, the students from all students' union,
02:27like from ISA, SFS, ABVP,
02:29Akhil Bharati, Vidyarthi Parishad, and NSUI,
02:32all are protesting here,
02:33because on 18th September,
02:35we will be seeing DUSU elections,
02:37and keeping all that thing in mind,
02:39DUSU elections,
02:40and the current situation,
02:41after the building collapse,
02:43the student organizations are protesting here,
02:45not only one student organization,
02:47but all student organizations,
02:49from left to right, and right to center,
02:51they are protesting here,
02:52that they have called a candle march,
02:53and they are asking to the administration,
02:55that what about those students,
02:57those who have lost their life,
02:58the people,
02:58those who have lost their life,
03:00in this accident,
03:01because this is not the very first time,
03:03Gaurab, we are seeing this,
03:03we have seen in Rajinder Nagar,
03:05also,
03:05where three UPSC experts have lost their life,
03:08they were drowned,
03:09in the flood water,
03:10in the basement,
03:10and later,
03:11we have also seen,
03:12a fire incident,
03:15in Mukherjee Nagar area,
03:16where various students,
03:17died due to,
03:18the fire incident,
03:20and this is not the very first time,
03:21that due to the civic apathy,
03:23of the MCD,
03:24Delhi government,
03:25we are seeing this,
03:26Delhi government say,
03:27either it was Amadi party,
03:28earlier we used to see,
03:29that Amadi party,
03:30used to assure,
03:31that they will take action,
03:33against the Babus,
03:33but what about the action,
03:35what about the ground reality,
03:36the reality is still same,
03:38still students are victim,
03:40of negligence,
03:40of municipal corporation,
03:42of Delhi and Delhi government,
03:43Gaurab.
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